Union Pacific Corp.

January 31, 1986|By Deanne Brandon

NEW HAND ON THE THROTTLE. Drew Lewis, U.S. secretary of transportation from 1981 to 1983, will become chairman and chief executive officer of Union Pacific Railroad effective April 1. Lewis, 54, now chairman of Warner Amex Cable Communications, also will succeed William S. Cook, chairman and CEO of holding company Union Pacific Corp., when Cook retires in 1987. Union Pacific has interests in energy and minerals in addition to its railroad.